Progreso — The mayor on Monday will introduce a new Ecological Police Corps, a special squad to catch polluters.

It is the first such squad, carved out of a municipal police force, in Yucatan.

The 16-person corps joins the tourist police, which since September has patrolled the malecon, west beach and fishing pier.

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The Policía Ecológica will be presented at a 1 p.m. ceremony in the courtyard of the Directorate of Public Security and Transit, an event that will be presided over by Mayor Julián Zacarías Curi.

On the lookout for litterers and clandestine dumps, the eco-agents will make rounds throughout the city, Chelem and Chuburna under the supervision of Chief Emilio Raúl Caamal Gutiérrez. They will have their own patrol vehicles and be empowered to impose fines on polluters.

More details of the squad’s functions will be announced at the ceremony.

This will be the first municipality in Yucatan to have a section of the ecological police, which is part of the City Council’s plans to solve the serious problem of garbage, put an end to clandestine dumps and throw garbage on public roads.

Last Tuesday, the Commune launched a program of cleaning and sanitation in the mangroves and estuary of this port.